Recipes: 17 results
Fresh mint ice-cream
(Found inTexts)This well-flavoured ice-cream is excellent on its own, or in profiteroles with a chocolate sauce for example.
February 21th 2011526 K4.6 1 hour 35 min.
Fruit coulis (fruit purée)
(Found inTextsStages)Contrary to what people usually think, coulis is not just a simple fruit purée with sugar. Of course, this is the general principle, but it's possible to make something much better and more refined. This recipe is for a strawberry coulis (see below for other fruits): how to make it, but also how...
October 20th 2012770 K 44 25 min.
Sugar syrup
(Found inTexts)This syrup is mainly used as a basis for all sorbet recipes, which consist of this syrup and fruit pulp, but it can be also used to soak biscuits for example, or for fruit salads.
February 21th 2011744 K3.5 8 min.
How to prevent peeled fruit or vegetables turning brown
(Found inTextsStages)Most fruits turn brown soon after peeling due to oxydation, and this is unattractive. To prevent this, you will find many recipes that tell you to coat them with lemon juice as soon as they are peeled. It's relatively effective when fruit are simply to be used peeled, but if you want to make a...
February 21th 2011117 K4 1 min.
Almond tuiles
(Found inTexts)These delicious little biscuits ("tiles" in French) get their crunch and lightness from the use of flaked almonds rather than ground. It is not difficult to succeed, you just need to work fast after taking them out of the oven.
August 21th 2019377 K4 1 hour 20 min.
Vanilla ice cream
(Found inTexts)Rediscover the full flavour of a real vanilla ice cream with this classical recipe.
November 6th 2017433 K3.8 1 hour 7 min.
Pear sorbet
(Found inTextsStages)For a great pear sorbet, choose your fruit carefully: they should be perfectly ripe and full of flavour. You will get good results with williams, but any other variety of your choice will work.
February 21th 2011328 K4 55 min.
Blackcurrant sorbet for Edith
(Found inTextsStages)If you love the taste of blackcurrants (like Edith), this sorbet is for you...
October 13th 2010248 K4.9 25 min.
Melon with port sorbet
(Found inTextsStages)This recipe is a new twist on the classic melon with port: melon balls served on a bed of port sorbet.
October 6th 2013101 K4.9 50 min.
Strawberry sorbet
(Found inTextsStages)The secret of a good strawberry sorbet is to use first class strawberries, very ripe and full of flavour, so do choose them with care. This recipe shows you how to lighten the texture of the sorbet by incorporating air.
July 9th 201484 K4.6 35 min.
Peach and blackcurrant coupe
(Found inTextsStagesIngredients)A delightful coupe combining mint-flavoured peaches with a scoop of blackcurrant sorbet.
September 7th 201456 K3.8 55 min.
Ice-cream Vacherin
(Found inTextsStagesIngredients)Ice-cream vacherin is a festive French dessert. It consists of two different flavours of ice cream (blackcurrant and vanilla here) sandwiched between two circles of meringue, topped with whorls of Chantilly (whipped cream) which is then frozen. It is not too complicated, but involves a bit of work...
December 21th 2014171 K4.5 8 hours 45 min.
Clementine sorbet
(Found inTextsStages)To capture the delicate flavour of clementines, we need to use not only the juice, but also a little zest to add a delicious hint of bitternes. Here's a simple method using sugar cubes.
December 24th 2018133 K4.3 2 hours 50 min.
Raspberry sorbet
(Found inTextsStages)To make a seriously good raspberry sorbet, the fruit must be of the best quality, of course, but there is another little secret: you need to remove all the seeds to make a really smooth coulis. It is this smooth coulis that makes the sorbet so deliciously velvety.
July 5th 201744 K4.6 2 hours 20 min.
Strawberry-mint sorbet
(Found inTextsStages)For this strawberry and mint-flavoured sorbet, we will be using an unusual method: blending the strawberries with mint leaves. This mixture is then left overnight for the flavours to mingle before being strained and then churned. This makes a delicious sorbet with its full-on strawberry flavour...
August 13th 201741 K3.8 12 hours 30 min.
Baked Alaska
(Found inTextsStagesIngredients)The name may be odd, but Baked Alaska is an elegant dessert. The core of this version is a "sandwich" of vanilla ice cream and blackcurrant sorbet between 2 layers of sponge soaked in rum-flavoured syrup. This is then covered in a layer of meringue and put in a very hot oven for just a few minutes...
November 12th 201748 K4.3 6 hours 50 min.
Peach and blackcurrant sundae
(Found inTextsStagesIngredients)Peach and blackcurrant flavours work well together. Here is an indulgent sundae that makes the most of this: poached peaches with blackcurrant sorbet and Chantilly cream. Delicious!
August 18th 202124 K 1 hour 2 min.
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Ice-cream and sorbets
Making homemade ice cream may seem complex, but with the right methods and a few tricks, you can achieve a creamy texture and incomparable flavors. On this page, we'll be revealing the secrets of successful homemade ice cream, guiding you step by step through the various stages of preparation. ...August 12th 2024433 K4.0
My best addresses...
Quite a few of you often ask me where I can find this or that? or is such and such a thing a good buy? or which brand is best for this or that? On this page, I'm going to group together my good addresses for suppliers of this or that product or utensil, and good books on the subjects that interest...August 29th 2023300 K3.9
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The return of the "Norman hole"
You maybe know the "trou normand", this old gastronomic custom typically French which consists in taking a (small) glass of calvados, generally between the last course and the dessert? It's something that seems a bit anachronistic nowadays, having a glass of an alcohol of more than 60° in the...December 18th 20219,2904.8
Sugar syrups
In cooking, and especially in pastry, we often use sugar syrups, a simple mixture of water and sugar in varying proportions. Here is a presentation of their differences. .January 17th 20237,4574.8
Vitamin C against blackening
You've probably heard of this tip: to prevent fruit or vegetables from turning brown or black, simply add or sprinkle lemon juice over them. It's very effective, but why does lemon juice have this effect?July 14th 20236,415 15
A few tips on homemade ice cream
If you make ice cream at home, which is a very, very good idea, you'll find a few tips and tricks in this article that should make your life easier. Combined with the site's ice cream recipes, they'll help you improve your production, to the delight of everyone around you, children first.August 11th 20244,0585
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water
(Found inTexts)What could be simpler than water? It is true that for most recipes that require it, ordinary tap water is fine. The exception is for sorbets, which can sometimes be affected by the slight chlorine taste of tap water. For sorbets, it is better to use bottled water, or - a more economical solution -...
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